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Radio Belt Info
Got this from Steve Saunders' site.

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I know there was a post about the radio belt here.

knew my belt was near death last winter so I sent it to Sierra elect for a re-work. I ask for new rubber wherever possible only to get a call from their tech saying that there was none available!:X So for $96 bucks you basically get a cleaning and nothing more! Confusedhock: I knew a local elec. wholesale place here in Indy carried lots of belts so I waited for mine to break... This week the wait was over!:clapper: LOL

So I went there with the old belt in hand. They have a tool that measures the thickness and length of square and round belts. Here are the specs for the 1200 cassette deck. SQUARE BELT. ,050" X 13 inches long. I got a .046" X 12.87 and it works GREAT!:action: All for a whopping $4.34 and less than a half hour of work.

Simply remove the 4 screws that hold the top cover on and slide it toward the rear and lift off. Then there are 2 screws on 1 side plate and 3 on the other side that you need to take off along with the knobs to remove the front cover. Now you will see 2 small phillips screws on the bottom rail of the cassette well. They need to come out along with 2 more in the right side and one off the left rear of the drive motor. Then you are ready to lift the cassette mechanism out of the chassis. There are 2 elect plugs at ther rear of the cassette you could unplug to take to unit completely out but it's not necessary. Just flip it over and you will see the pullys and belt. There is a small circuit PCB with 2 tiny black phillips screws holding it in place crossing the belt path. Remove them and lift it free and your ready for a new belt!!!! I've attached a few JPGS for the faint of heart. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/hitechluddite/Laptop/Topcoverremoved.jpg">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/ ... emoved.jpg</a><!-- m -->

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#1 07-22-2007, 09:52 AM,
Tricky,
That is what I call a great post!
Very helpful info. Thank you.
:wink:
John McFarland
Chapter Director
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#2 07-22-2007, 04:47 PM,
amen to that-- I just bout another radio off e-bay and I fully intend to do what Tricky did..

THANKS!!!! :lol:
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#3 07-22-2007, 06:54 PM,
Just wanted to post a thank you to this forum. Last week the cassette quit, as in just suddenly stopped, in the radio on my 84 Aspy. I suspected a broken belt, looked thru the forums here, and found this one regarding the same problem. Today, I opened the radio up per instrcutions, found the broken belt, called the local electronic supply house, they had belts in stock, took the old belt to them, got another belt (a bit shorter however), installed it, and the deck is working just fine now. Total cost, $3.47 plus a little gas for my truck. The hardest part was figuring out which way the belt went on the pulleys as the links to the pictures listed would not open for me.
Just wanted to say a big THANKS! for all the great info on this site.
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#4 11-24-2007, 01:44 PM,
:YMAPPLAUSE: I know this post is years old but I wanted to post a THANKS!!! I just fixed my radio. The tape deck no longer flips back and forth endlessly. New belt and some dressing on the capstands so that they grip. Radio is as good as new!!
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